British Museum Announces Grayson Perry The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman
The British Museum presents Grayson Perry: The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman. Open 6 October 2011 – 19 February 2012.
Grayson Perry curates an installation of his new works alongside objects by unknown craftsmen throughout history from the British Museum’s collection.
He will explore a range of themes connected with notions of craftsmanship and sacred journeys – from shamanism, magic and holy relics to motorbikes, identity and contemporary culture.
‘This is a memorial to all the anonymous craftsmen that over the centuries have fashioned the manmade wonders of the world… The craftsman’s anonymity I find especially resonant in an age of the celebrity artist.’
Grayson Perry (born 1960) is an English artist, known mainly for his ceramic vases and cross-dressing. He works in several media. Perry’s vases have classical forms and are decorated in bright colours, depicting subjects at odds with their attractive appearance, e.g. transvestism. There is a strong autobiographical element in his work, in which images of Perry as “Claire”, his female alter-ego, often appear. He was awarded the Turner Prize in 2003 for his ceramics, receiving the prize dressed as Claire. – Wikipedia.org
Image: Grayson Perry (b. 1960), Pilgrimage to the British Museum Ink and graphite, 2011. © Grayson Perry, courtesy Victoria Miro Gallery
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